Obstruction

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally posted by sprivitor
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What if the runner crashes into the player while the player is waiting for the ball in which the ball is enroute but the runner reaches the fielder before the ball? Would this be obstruction? Would it be interference if the player crashes into the catcher at home plate when the catcher receives the ball just as the runner is reaching home?

Speaking ASA.

Please note that the ball, runner and defensive player all coming to the same point at the same time is a wreck.

HOWEVER, this only keeps the umpire from ruling obstruction or interference. It does not give the runner a free shot at the defensive player involved.

If the runner, in the judgment of the umpire, intentionally crashes into the fielder, the play should be ruled dead, the runner called out and ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct.

This would all be for naught if ASA ever adopts the international rule in this scenario.